The Great American Foot Race: Ballyhoo for the Bunion Derby!

by Andrew Speno

This accessible and thoroughly researched nonfiction debut introduces young readers to a fascinating, little-known event--the Transcontinental Foot Race, which came to be known as the Bunion Derby. It is set in 1928, the height of the Roaring Twenties--a time of optimism, a time of excess, and the Age of Ballyhoo. Publicity-seeking Americans tried to outdo each other with outrageous stunts. Dance marathoners danced for days on end, pole-sitters sat...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1629796026
• ISBN13: 9781629796024
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Calkins Creek Books
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 10 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 12